Obama's Online Success and European Party Organizations: Adoption and Adaptation of U.S. Online Practices in the Norwegian Labor Party

Journal of Information Technology and Politics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 158-170

  Karlsen, Rune ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

campaigning; hybridization perspective; internet; Norway; Obama; parties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876304497     PISSN: 19331681     EISSN: 1933169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19331681.2012.749822     Document Type: Article

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